Adaptation of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) to short season Mediterranean-type environments: Response to sowing rates

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1057-1066

  Siddique, K H M ^a   Loss, S P ^a   Regan, K L ^c   Pritchard, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Economic optimum; Plant density; Plant population; Pulse; Seeding rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PLANT; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 0031714717     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A98006     Document Type: Article

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